Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Steam train at Harringay station, Sun 17 Nov about 0925, first time since August
Weather forecast dry as of Thursday, passing time family-friendly.
The locomotive is apple-green Mayflower, hauling a tour to York from Ealing Broadway (not Kings Cross as originally planned). The tour uses the Gospel Oak- Barking line before switching to the East Coast Main Line just before Harringay, so it will appear at low speed on the single-track curve by the south end of Harringay station platform 2 (north-bound).
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Permalink Reply by Donna FT on
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Thank you very much for posting this, my kids will love seeing such a train and I'd never have known about it otherwise.
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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Hi Gordon, thanks for posting. Does that mean you can see it from the bridge on Oakfield Road?
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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Not without steps, I reckon. The parapet is too high and the short sections of fence either end have the view blocked by shrubs. The least worst is at the north-west corner of the bridge but you're almost vertically above the train as it takes the lead-in to the curve.
Here it is on Streetview [approximate link] and bearing in mind the camera's mounted well above adult head height....
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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Would the view from Lancaster Road Bridge be better? I recall there is more fencing and a reasonable view onto the track, especially for smaller people.
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A bit better, though you'll only see it momentarily as it comes out of the tunnel travelling east towards Harringay and there will be steam obscuring the view. A much better view local to Lancaster Rd would be from platform 1 of Crouch Hill station (check that's OK with station staff). Or Harringay station as above.
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Looks like it's stopping at Alexandra Palace - if I'm reading your link right- at 09.31. Sunday morning forecast is dry...
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Yes it will, on platform 3. I don't know how high the fence is on platform 2 but that aside, it'll give the best view. Just hope the non-stopping Thameslink train at 0930 1/2 isn't running late.
Btw I passed the Oakfield Rd bridge today - totally not on, too much vegetation grown everywhere since Streetview in March, and parapet plus grille far too high.
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IMO best place is south end of the down platform at Harringay - seeing Mayflower snort up the chord from the Goblin will be most agreeable.
As long as a 717 doesn’t get in the way...
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